Kerry just flubbed the opening pitch at the Yanks-Sox game

ESPN | 7/25/04 | me

[finnman69]

Kerry just 'threw' out the opening pitch at the Boston-Yankees game. Just saw Kerry pitch a really weak opening pitch, well short of the plate, bouncing under the catcher. What a poser!

[Darkwolf377]

Maybe he thought he was playing football? You know, he's SUCH the sportman...

[OldFriend]

I posted that same sentiment just a minute or so ago.......you beat me to it............

[MJY1288]

I bet she aint no Sheila :-)

[Dog Gone]

Then again, maybe while Bush wore an armored vest when he threw his strike at Yankee Stadium, Kerry may have chosen to wear armored panties.

[OldFriend]

Kerry may well be wearing diapers due to his prostate cancer operation.

[finnman69]

Just showed Kerry and the familt in the box right next to the Yankee dugout. Kerry's daughter is showing of her boobs again.

[AFPhys]

Absolutely right: Bush had on a flak jacket and made a perfect throw - cool as a cucumber. Unanimous cheers resounding in that stadium.

Kerry bounces one near the catcher and is booed by a Boston crowd that was caught off guard by his appearance.

Campaign commercial indeed...
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[onyx]

Maybe Ron Reagan has been giving him pitching lessons. :=)



ROTFLOL!

[Mo1]

I would bet cash money that the soldier was invited some time ago to THROW the first pitch. Kerry wanted to do it, so I bet they MADE the soldier be the catcher. That is what I think happened. Of course I have no proof, but I will bet we find out soon enough

I was thinking the same thing .. especially considering Kerry decided at the last minute to fly back to Boston

[kittymyrib]

Some girls should not wear white pants...

[hole_n_one]

[theophilusscribe]

What an awesome way to remember! :o)

[redrock]

Of course he couldn't throw all the way to the plate....he usually has his Butler handle his...er....balls.

redrock

[sinkspur]

Typical-- no mention of Kerry's lousy picth or the boos. Pathetic show of bias!!!

Nonsense. Jon Miller has too much class to say anything, which is exactly what he did--said nothing.

These guys are here to announce a ball game, not make political statements.

[cinFLA]

Could be because that is a pic of W.

Not.

[Petronski]

Holy cow! Who's that poor bastard in the center?

I would need veterinary sedatives to remain civil in that seat.

[faithincowboys]

Both are issues. The boos are great-- thus, the media's Kerrymania is hardly universal--even in Leftwing Beantown. And his crappy pitch also destroys his ongoing, lame attempt to cement his macho bona fides.

He is a pansy and an appeaser and an unlikable cold fish-- that all came across tonight!!

[Not A Snowbird]

They'd have a hard time talking me into being used that way, but then he may be part of the 1% of the miliary that admits to being democrat.

[Vision Thing]

But it any case, this was a mis-step by the Kerry campaign. Why risk a negative reaction at a venue with unfiltered media coverage, where viewers can see and hear the event for themselves, without having Rather & Jennings explain to them what they actually just heard.

True. This is a nationally televised game (albeit on cable's ESPN), and many sports fans are tuning in, and not just because it's the Yanks & Red Sox, but because of the controversial brawl from yesterday.

Kerry just blew a great opportunity. If our side is as potent as I think it is, I think we can turn this into a liability for him.

[OXENinFLA]

I can only imagine what Kerry "political handler" said to him before he handed him the ball.

"Don't 'F' this up."